These Regulations amend the NHS Pension Scheme 2015 set out in the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/94). These Regulations are issued free of charge as a result of the changes made by amending regulations 2(2) and 2(3)(b) which address defects in S.I. 2015/94.

Amending regulation 2(3)(a) allows the Scheme to be extended to any employees of Monitor (the sector regulator for health services in England) who have at any time previously been entitled to participate in the NHS Pension Scheme 2015 or the National Health Service Pension Scheme set out in the form of two discrete sections under the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/300) and the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/653).

Amending regulation 2(2) ensures that membership of the NHS Pension Scheme 2015 is extended to individuals who are medical contractors.

Amending regulation 2(3)(b) allows the NHS Pension Scheme 2015 to be extended to persons who, while continuing in, or within twelve months after leaving, employment in which the person was entitled to participate in the NHS Pension Scheme 2015 or the National Health Service Pension Scheme set out in the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995 and the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008. Without this amendment, the extension would have been limited to persons entitled to participate in the NHS Pension Scheme 2015.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument for the following reasons. No impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector is foreseen.